On October 12, 1492, Columbus first went ashore in the Americas on an island in the Bahamas, an island which was known by the natives as Guanahani . It has never been definitively identified, but was likely one of four islands: Grand Turk Island, Samana Cay, Plana Cays, or San Salvador Island (formerly Watling Island).
He found America first when he thought America was Asia.so he found America but he didn't mean to find America. :)
Bahamas
The first land/island Christopher Columbus saw was San Salvador. That is the answer to that question. GOOD LUCK!
New Found Land
The Columbus crewman to first sight land was Juan Rodriguez Bermejo.
hispaniola
On his first trip to the "new world", Columbus initially landed at San Salvador.
The Columbus crewman to first sight land was Juan Rodriguez Bermejo.
The first land/island Christopher Columbus saw was San Salvador. That is the answer to that question. GOOD LUCK!
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Bahamas.
New Found Land
first voyage
The Columbus crewman to first sight land was Juan Rodriguez Bermejo.
Christopher Columbus
hispaniola
On his first trip to the "new world", Columbus initially landed at San Salvador.
Columbus first sighted San Salvador (Bahamas) in the West Indies on October 12, 1492.
San Salvador
rodrigo